📋 Tender Overview
The armed conflict in north-east Nigeria continues unabated, while the violence in the north-west has spiralled out of control, thus posing acute challenges to humanitarian aid. INSO enables humanitarian organisations to access safety services to improve their situational awareness and decision-making, and to strengthen their emergency preparedness and response. By supporting this initiative, SDC contributes to improved humanitarian access and effective assistance to conflict affected populations.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Nigeria
Humanitarian Assistance & DRR
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Protection, access & security
15.09.2024 - 31.12.2026
CHF 600’000
The project in brief
Background The north-east Nigeria context remains very challenging for NGO operations. Activities of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) have been sustained, and while attacks against the Nigerian army have decreased, attacks or violence against civilians are on a steep rise. As a result, NGOs remain largely confined to providing assistance in garrison towns with military presence, while large swaths of territory, particularly in Borno State, remain inaccessible. In the north-west, the armed criminal groups popularly known as ‘bandits’, that wield sophisticated military-grade weapons, have been the major source of violence by carrying out mass abductions/kidnappings, killings, forced labour, illegal taxations, etc. NGOs operating there face an even more uncertain and volatile context than in the north-east, as security information has so far been much scarcer and not received in a structured manner. This proposed intervention will continue to provide security information, analysis and advice to NGOs and support to their preparedness and response capacities in the north-east and will now avail similar services to NGOs in the north-west.
Objectives Improved protection of relief personnel and improved effectiveness of humanitarian action.
Target groups 83 humanitarian NGOs, and least 5 local NGOs
Medium-term outcomes Outcome 1: Credible, reliable and high-quality safety information, analysis and advice is provided to NGOs in a timely and appropriate manner. Outcome 2: NGOs are supported in their own preparedness, security and crisis management capacity.
Results Expected results:
135 security training courses delivered
300 safety and security roundtables with humanitarian partners
28 monthly reports, 9 quarterly reports and 106 weekly incident lists
Facilitated access to INSO services for local NGOs
Results from previous phases:
Improved situational awareness and emergency preparedness and response for 83 INGOs, 8 UN Agencies, 7 donors, ICRC, IFRC. This was, amongst others, achieved through regular reports and alerts on security incidents and trends, and security meetings
In a satisfaction conducted in 2023, 87% of respondents indicated that INSO services help them plan, operate and deliver aid more safely
INSO launched its Conflict and Humanitarian Dat
